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==32:5. THE ETERNAL AND DIVINE PURPOSE==   

==32:5. THE ETERNAL AND DIVINE PURPOSE==   

32:5.1 There is a great and glorious purpose in the march of the universes through space. All of your mortal struggling is not in vain. We are all part of an immense plan, a gigantic enterprise, and it is the vastness of the undertaking that renders it impossible to see very much of it at any one time and during any one life. We are all a part of an eternal project which the Gods are supervising and outworking. The whole marvelous and universal mechanism moves on majestically through space to the music of the meter of the infinite thought and the eternal purpose of the First Great Source and Center.

32:5.1 There is a great and [[glorious]] [[purpose]] in the [[Procession|march]] of the [[universes]] through [[space]]. All of your [[mortal]] [[Work|struggling]] is not in vain. We are all part of an immense [[plan]], a gigantic [[enterprise]], and it is the vastness of the undertaking that renders it impossible to see very much of it at any one [[time]] and during any one life. We are all a part of an [[eternal]] [[project]] which [[the Gods]] are supervising and outworking. The whole [[marvelous]] and [[universal]] [[mechanism]] moves on [[majestic]]ally through [[space]] to the [[music]] of the meter of the [[infinite]] [[thought]] and the [[eternal]] [[purpose]] of the [[First Great Source and Center]].

32:5.2 The eternal purpose of the eternal God is a high spiritual ideal. The events of time and the struggles of material existence are but the transient scaffolding which bridges over to the other side, to the promised land of spiritual reality and supernal existence. Of course, you mortals find it difficult to grasp the idea of an eternal purpose; you are virtually unable to comprehend the thought of eternity, something never beginning and never ending. Everything familiar to you has an end.

32:5.2 The [[eternal]] [[purpose]] of the [[eternal]] [[God]] is a high [[spiritual]] [[ideal]]. The [[events]] of [[time]] and the struggles of [[material]] [[existence]] are but the [[transient]] [[scaffolding]] which bridges over to the other side, to the [[promise]]d land of [[spiritual]] [[reality]] and [[supernal]] [[existence]]. Of [[course]], you [[mortals]] find it [[difficult]] to grasp the [[idea]] of an [[eternal]] [[purpose]]; you are [[virtually]] unable to [[comprehend]] the [[thought]] of [[eternity]], something never beginning and never ending. [[Everything]] familiar to you has an end.

32:5.3 As regards an individual life, the duration of a realm, or the chronology of any connected series of events, it would seem that we are dealing with an isolated stretch of time; everything seems to have a beginning and an end. And it would appear that a series of such experiences, lives, ages, or epochs, when successively arranged, constitutes a straightaway drive, an isolated event of time flashing momentarily across the infinite face of eternity. But when we look at all this from behind the scenes, a more comprehensive view and a more complete understanding suggest that such an explanation is inadequate, disconnected, and wholly unsuited properly to account for, and otherwise to correlate, the transactions of time with the underlying purposes and basic reactions of eternity.

32:5.3 As regards an [[individual]] life, the duration of a realm, or the [[chronology]] of any [[connected]] [[series]] of [[events]], it would seem that we are dealing with an [[isolated]] stretch of [[time]]; [[everything]] seems to have a beginning and an end. And it would [[appear]] that a [[series]] of such [[experiences]], lives, ages, or [[epochs]], when [[successively]] arranged, [[constitutes]] a straightaway drive, an [[isolated]] [[event]] of [[time]] flashing momentarily across the [[infinite]] face of [[eternity]]. But when we look at all this from behind the scenes, a more [[Encompassing|comprehensive]] [[view]] and a more complete [[understanding]] suggest that such an explanation is inadequate, disconnected, and wholly unsuited properly to account for, and otherwise to correlate, the [[transactions]] of [[time]] with the underlying [[purposes]] and basic [[reactions]] of [[eternity]].

32:5.4 To me it seems more fitting, for purposes of explanation to the mortal mind, to conceive of eternity as a cycle and the eternal purpose as an endless circle, a cycle of eternity in some way synchronized with the transient material cycles of time. As regards the sectors of time connected with, and forming a part of, the cycle of eternity, we are forced to recognize that such temporary epochs are born, live, and die just as the temporary beings of time are born, live, and die. Most human beings die because, having failed to achieve the spirit level of Adjuster fusion, the metamorphosis of death constitutes the only possible procedure whereby they may escape the fetters of time and the bonds of material creation, thereby being enabled to strike spiritual step with the progressive procession of eternity. Having survived the trial life of time and material existence, it becomes possible for you to continue on in touch with, even as a part of, eternity, swinging on forever with the worlds of space around the circle of the eternal ages.

32:5.4 To me it seems more fitting, for [[purposes]] of [[explanation]] to the [[mortal]] [[mind]], to [[conceive]] of [[eternity]] as a [[cycle]] and the eternal [[purpose]] as an endless [[circle]], a [[cycle]] of [[eternity]] in some way [[synchronized]] with the transient [[material]] cycles of [[time]]. As regards the [[Fraction|sectors]] of time [[connected]] with, and forming a part of, the [[cycle]] of [[eternity]], we are [[forced]] to [[recognize]] that such temporary [[epochs]] are born, live, and die just as the temporary [[beings]] of [[time]] are born, live, and die. Most [[human beings]] die because, having failed to achieve the [[spirit]] level of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Fusion#Adjuster_Fusion Adjuster fusion], the [[metamorphosis]] of [[death]] [[constitutes]] the only possible [[procedure]] whereby they may escape the fetters of [[time]] and the bonds of [[material]] [[creation]], thereby being enabled to strike [[spiritual]] step with the [[progressive]] [[procession]] of [[eternity]]. Having [[survived]] the [[trial]] life of [[time]] and [[material]] [[existence]], it becomes possible for you to continue on in [[touch]] with, even as a part of, [[eternity]], swinging on forever with the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_15#15:6._THE_SPHERES_OF_SPACE worlds of space] around the [[circle]] of the [[eternal]] ages.

32:5.5 The sectors of time are like the flashes of personality in temporal form; they appear for a season, and then they are lost to human sight, only to reappear as new actors and continuing factors in the higher life of the endless swing around the eternal circle. Eternity can hardly be conceived as a straightaway drive, in view of our belief in a delimited universe moving over a vast, elongated circle around the central dwelling place of the Universal Father.

32:5.5 The sectors of time are like the flashes of personality in temporal form; they appear for a season, and then they are lost to human sight, only to reappear as new actors and continuing factors in the higher life of the endless swing around the eternal circle. Eternity can hardly be conceived as a straightaway drive, in view of our belief in a delimited universe moving over a vast, elongated circle around the central dwelling place of the Universal Father.